LiDAR-derived snowpack data sets from mixed conifer forests across the Western United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2749-2755

  Harpold, A A ^a   Guo, Q ^b   Molotch, N ^a,c   Brooks, P D ^d   Bales, R ^b   Fernandez Diaz, J C ^e   Musselman, K N ^f,g   Swetnam, T L ^d   Kirchner, P ^b,h   Meadows, M W ^b   Flanagan, J ^b   Lucas, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^h Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

airborne LIDAR; critical zone observatory; snow vegetation interactions; snowpack

Indexed keywords

OBSERVATORIES; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

AIRBORNE LIDAR; CRITICAL ZONES; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MIXED-CONIFER FORESTS; SNOWPACK; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

OPTICAL RADAR;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84895931235     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR013935     Document Type: Article

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